Jefferson’s sentiments reflected the prevailing mood of a sizable majority of the country at the dawn of the 19th century: A ...

Marking Washington’s 250th birthday in 1982, President Reagan touted him as “a giant for freedom.” After President Eisenhower ...

If the U.S. Navy was to defeat the British during the War of 1812, it would not do so on the open seas. The battles that ...

The purchase of Greenland and the annexation of Canada are rooted in the 19th century concept of manifest destiny. Trump ...

Forces commanded by Andrew Jackson fought the British in the Louisiana port city in the last standoff of the War of 1812 Sonja Anderson How the flag that flew proudly over Fort McHenry in ...

Our conflicts generally have been fought abroad. A few of the more prominent invasions would be the War of 1812 and Pearl Harbor. In both conflicts, Congress issued declarations of war against ...

He asked Congress to declare war on Britain in 1812, and the war began so badly that by fighting to a draw, Americans of 1815 felt they had earned a victory and were swept up in a self ...